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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by goto11 on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:41AM (#32862514)
I guess that means if somebody stole the diamond from the crown today, they would get to keep it?
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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by akvadrako on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:02AM (#32862625)
Why not? Especially if they kept it safe in a museum or gave it to one of the other parties that has a claim.
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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by imgabe on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:07AM (#32862657)
If they were powerful enough to prevent the government of the UK from taking it back, they certainly could.
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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by mytailorisrich on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:38AM (#32862851)
Of they have bigger muscles than the British then yes.

That's how it's always worked.

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